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Hypothesize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To assert as a hypothesis.

verb-intransitive. To form a hypothesis.

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v. to hypothesise

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To form hypotheses. Also hypothesise, hypothetize.

To assume as a hypothesis.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Word Usage

"One reason for this phenomenon, the authors hypothesize, is that indulgence guilt is a “hot” emotion, leading to intense but momentary pangs of conscience."

Verb Form

hypothesized hypothesizes hypothesizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

expect anticipate

Hyponym

explicate retrace formulate reconstruct construct

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

guess